1899-12-11 (133lbs) [[Joe Gans]] w pts 15 [[Kid Ashe]], Peoples’ AC, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Referee: George Siler. Made at 133lbs, Ashe landed very few clean blows on Gans and was forced to take a steady pounding, being dropped in the third, eighth and 13th rounds. It was only Ashe’s superb conditioning that saved him from a knockout defeat.

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1899-12-11 (133lbs) [[Joe Gans]] w pts 15 [[Kid Ashe]], Peoples’ AC, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Referee: George Siler. Made at 133lbs, Ashe, who landed very few clean blows on Gans, was forced to take a steady pounding, being dropped in the third, eighth and 13th rounds. It was only Ashe’s superb conditioning that saved him from a knockout defeat.

Having beaten [[Steve Crosby]] over six rounds at the Star Theatre, Chicago, Illinois on 24 November, and then Ashe, Gans claimed the black title at the weight.

Having beaten [[Steve Crosby]] over six rounds at the Star Theatre, Chicago, Illinois on 24 November, and then Ashe, Gans claimed the black title at the weight.

Latest revision as of 10:03, 13 April 2013

1899-12-11 (133lbs) Joe Gans w pts 15 Kid Ashe, Peoples’ AC, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Referee: George Siler. Made at 133lbs, Ashe, who landed very few clean blows on Gans, was forced to take a steady pounding, being dropped in the third, eighth and 13th rounds. It was only Ashe’s superb conditioning that saved him from a knockout defeat.

Having beaten Steve Crosby over six rounds at the Star Theatre, Chicago, Illinois on 24 November, and then Ashe, Gans claimed the black title at the weight.